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Best entry level luxury/sports sedan!
mik18, 07/26/2011
2008 Acura TL 4dr Sedan w/Navigation (3.2L 6cyl 5A)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
Excellent handling for a FWD sedan.Sticks to the corners like glue.Totally satisfied with the purchase. Car looks great, drives awesome and has a lot of technology at a very fair price when compared to other cars in the entry level sports sedan market. Trip from NJ to Ohio and back, twice and averaged 30MPG at 70-75 mph. One gripe about the car is the leather sucks.Seat absorbs the color of my pant !! never had this issue with my old BMW.
2008 base TL
David, 11/22/2010
2008 Acura TL 4dr Sedan (3.2L 6cyl 5A)
4 of 7 people found this review helpful
I owned Acura TL 2008 new. Currently, it has 51300 miles and the check engine on. Brought to dealer (Open road acura on route 18 East Brunswick, NJ) they found codes:P0701 and P0704, cleared codes. After 24 h, the light is on again. I bought an OBD device checked with codes: P0300, P0301, P0304, P0306, P0701 and P0704. How could the dealer tech. missed these codes? The car have been at dealer since Nov. 10, 2010 and now Nov. 22, 2010. The car have not been fixed. Dealer told me they contacted Acura tech. but no solution. Acura tech couldnt solved their on creation?
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Outstanding Car
Zombie Mommers, 09/26/2017
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2008 Acura TL 4dr Sedan w/Navigation (3.2L 6cyl 5A)
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
I go places and people want to buy this car from me. It's never had any major mechanical issues, itt's got over 260,000 miles on it and I put gas in it, change the oil, rotate the tires and go! It's just amazing!
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What Luxury?
Bongo Bill, 09/13/2018
2008 Acura TL 4dr Sedan (3.2L 6cyl 5A)
3 of 6 people found this review helpful
I am having numerous problems with this car. Rack and Pinion is shot, valve cover gasket leaks, it shifts rough, the mirror keeps adjusting itself, the alarm goes off when it wants, the headliner sags. Is there any reason to go on? I thought this was going to be a step up from Honda but I am very disappointed in the quality of this vehicle. I will never buy Acura again! Beware....
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Very nice, but not all that
Megan, 08/16/2019
2008 Acura TL 4dr Sedan w/Navigation (3.2L 6cyl 5A)
2 of 4 people found this review helpful
I purchased a 2008 Acura TL 3.2 w/ Nav on March 6, 2018, with 136k miles on it. Bear in mind for this review that I purchased from an individual. I am very car savvy, but what I can say honestly is I most definitely jumped the gun on purchasing this car. I absolutely LOVE the exterior of the car. I had an aspec model, meaning it has an aero kit and shorter springs from factory. This car got tons of compliments, "is that a Lexus?" "what year is your mazda?" "THAT is a 2008?" just to name a few. The Nav system was really nice (once you bought the upgraded system in 2018, aka $160). The bigger display screen was a nice plus too, as it is a bit bigger than standard screens. As far as positives go, unfortunately that is about all I can say. Now onto some cons... bearing in mind I was probably the fourth or fifth owner, this car had it's fair share of "love." I had a continual small oil leak the whole duration I had the car, the A/C started to go out randomly even after a shop said everything was functioning properly, and my rack and pinion started to leak. The most major inconvenience of all was my HFL (hands free link) module did not work. This controls the Bluetooth, cruise control, and any other hands free feature, so that was a huge bummer. When my battery went out, my Acura required the most top of the line battery Walmart offered. Their middle of the line battery would still not crank my car, even though that was the battery the associate said the manual called for. But worst of all, THE GAS MILEAGE IS ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS. I did not realize exactly how often I would be filling up, and on top of that, it calls for 93. It doesn't help the gas tank does not hold as much either. I was filling up every four days, and I did not drive much every day, maybe 20 miles total. I would have never bought the car had I realized exactly how much it was and how often I'd be filling up. Those are probably the worst cons, but some smaller ones are the leather was absolutely atrocious. I had seat covers on the front because of how awful it was, and the rear was spreading and tearing more and more by the day. The front leather door cards were falling apart (probably an easy fix, but still). To sum it all up, I had way too many repairs on this car to justify me keeping it. I traded it in for a 2015 Toyota Camry. I had 175k on the odometer when I traded it in, and I miss the sporty aspect of it, but that is it. The 3.2 was peppy and I enjoyed the bump shifting, but I am much more happy and comfortable in my Camry.
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